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Music History Events: Births

February 24, 1947 Rupert Holmes is born David Goldstein in Northwich, Cheshire, England.

February 15, 1947 David Brown (bassist for Santana) is born in Daly City, California.

February 14, 1947 Tim Buckley is born in Washington, D.C., but spends much of his childhood in Amsterdam, New York, and Bell Gardens, California.

February 11, 1947 Derek Shulman (lead vocalist for Gentle Giant) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.

February 9, 1947 Country rocker Joe Ely is born in Amarillo, Texas.

February 9, 1947 R&B singer Major Harris (of The Delfonics) is born in Richmond, Virginia. He lands his biggest solo hit in 1975 with "Love Won't Let Me Wait."

February 6, 1947 Allan Jones (saxophonist for Amen Corner) is born in Swansea, Glamorgan, South Wales.

February 3, 1947 Dave Davies (lead guitarist for The Kinks) is born in Fortis Green, London, England.

February 3, 1947 Folk singer Melanie is born Melanie Safka in Queens, New York. She makes a big impact at Woodstock, where she plays on the muddy first day, inspiration for her song "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)."

February 2, 1947 Peter Lucia (of Tommy James & the Shondells) is born in Morristown, New Jersey.

January 30, 1947 Steve Marriott (frontman of The Small Faces, Humble Pie) is born in Manor Park, London, England.

January 29, 1947 David Byron of Uriah Heep is born David Garrick in Epping, England.

January 20, 1947 George Grantham (drummer for Poco) is born in Cordell, Oklahoma.

January 19, 1947 Original Deep Purple lead singer Rod Evans is born in Buckinghamshire, England.

January 13, 1947 John Lees (founder of Barclay James Harvest) is born in Oldham, Lancashire, England.

January 8, 1947 Terry Sylvester, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for The Hollies from 1969 to 1981, is born in Liverpool, England.

January 6, 1947 Sandy Denny is born Alexandra Denny in London. She becomes lead singer of Fairport Convention and the only guest vocalist to appear on a Led Zeppelin song ("The Battle Of Evermore").

December 30, 1946 Clive Bunker (drummer for Jethro Tull) is born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.

December 29, 1946 Marianne Faithfull is born in Hampstead, London, England. Co-wrote the Rolling Stones' "Sister Morphine" while in a relationship with frontman Mick Jagger.

December 28, 1946 Edgar Winter is born in Beaumont, Texas. A talented keyboard and saxophone player, he has a #1 hit in 1973 with the instrumental "Frankenstein," titled because it was a monster to edit. He's the younger brother of the esteemed blues musician Johnny Winter.

December 26, 1946 Bob Carpenter (keyboardist, accordionist for Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

December 24, 1946 Jan Akkerman (guitarist for Focus) is born in Amsterdam.

December 23, 1946 Singer-songwriter Robbie Dupree, known for the 1980 hit "Steal Away," is born Robert Dupuis in Brooklyn, New York.

December 23, 1946 Ariel Bender (guitarist for Mott the Hoople) is born Luther James Grosvenor in Evesham, Worcestershire, England.

December 21, 1946 Carl Wilson is born in Hawthorne, California. He becomes lead guitarist in The Beach Boys when he forms the band with older brothers Dennis and Brian.

December 16, 1946 Benny Andersson (of ABBA) is born in Vällingby, Sweden.

December 15, 1946 Drummer Carmine Appice of Vanilla Fudge is born in Brooklyn. He does a lot of work with Rod Stewart, co-writing his hit "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"

December 15, 1946 R&B singer Harry Ray (of The Moments) is born in Long Branch, New Jersey.

December 14, 1946 Jackie McAuley (keyboardist, vocalist for Them) is born John McAuley in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

December 14, 1946 Joyce Vincent Wilson (of Tony Orlando and Dawn) is born in Detroit, Michigan.